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enfranchisement

[en-fran-chahyz-muhnt, -chiz-] / ɛnˈfræn tʃaɪz mənt, -tʃɪz- /






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The implication isn't hard to suss out: if women use our enfranchisement to vote for our rights, then we're somehow "abusing" our right to vote.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Throughout the 1970s, the pursuit of public aid, affirmative action and political enfranchisement was funneled by federal policymakers into private enterprise.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

“We still started a conversation about teen enfranchisement, and I think that’s really valuable regardless of outcome,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022

But the amendment did represent the single largest act of enfranchisement in American history, and that fall, millions of American women cast their first ballots.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2020

He gives a very detailed enumeration of all such modes of enfranchisement, and at least one of his points appears unusual in English law.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul




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